October 2, 2019- Empiecó semana 5 en la CCM

By Curry - October 18, 2019

Happy October everyone!

So....yeah into week 5 in the CCM and things have definitely gotten better hear. My fellow missionaries are starting to get into the missionary spirit now, especially my companion. I've been sharing little things with him here and there, but then yesterday our tarde maestro took him aside and talked to him for a little bit. He came back a little bit stuffy and was crying just a tad, and the way that he has coducted himself has been such an improvement. Hes definitely had a change in heart and decided to finally started his mission.

Anyways. This week has been so full of spiritual messages and things that I've learned that I don't know where to begin.

The top thing that I've learned this week is that the first convert on our mission needs to be ourselves. We've been taught this the whole time that I've been here, but I didn't understand why until this week. When we are converted, we are trying to do everything we can to become more like Christ. We feel that in the very deepest part of our souls that the things that we learn in the church are true. We know that there is literally no doubt that Jesus is our Savior and redeemer. When we have that deep of a conversation, we will always have the spirit within us and when we have that, we are able to teach what the spirit wants us to teach. And the people that we are communicating with will be able to feel that spirit emanating from us and will be able to feel of that witness that these things are true. That this is the true church.

Second, fasting brings blessings. This fast Sunday I fasted to be able to connect with the interested persons more so that I can teach them better. The day after I was teaching Jesús (aka our afternoon teacher) and right after I said the opening prayer the thought came to me, ask him why his job is so hard. Every time we teach him he says that his job isn't that good, and we just say lo siento and continue on with the lesson, but I asked him this time and as he answered I realized that I was going about this all wrong. Each person has their own struggles, and through those struggles and applying gospel principles, they're personal testimony can grow so much stronger than if we just go through the lessons. So you could say that there's two lessons is that one. Fasting brings blessings, and always ask the deeper questions.